stories of radical feminism
past, present, future
A Letter to my Daughter
Dear L, Well before you were born, a part of me feared for you even while you were in the womb. The minute I was
Mother Tongue, Mother Rage
My mother never yells. She doesn’t throw things, slam doors, or deliver speeches about hurt. Her rage, when it comes, arrives as something else: measured
“Sick Woman Theory”
‘Sick Woman Theory’ borrows from the essay by Johanna Hedva of the same title. Hedva reframes the figure of the “sick woman” to encompass everyone
The Idiot in the Fireplace: A Daughter’s Notes on Translating Memory, and the Inheritance of Silence
On cold winter nights in Delhi, a Russian Idiot, an English Idiot, a Tamil Idiot and I would sit on the floor near the defunct
Impressions of the Letter
When I think of all the times I have shared misunderstandings with a friend or family member, I wonder about the gap between us and
Bargaining/ Manipulating Consent: Silent Warfare by Liberal/ Queer Men
content note for sexual violence. Before going on the date, before going to his place, before getting onto his bed, before making out, in all
Anu–baad, Translation
content note for sexual violence . My grandmother sits on the verandah, her legs spread out, descaling fish, one after another, after another, as the
The Oppressor’s Tongue
“Aapke paas paanch-das minute ka time hai kya? Mujhe Sassoon Dock ke baare mein jaankaari chahiye. (Could you spare 5-10 minutes? I need some information
about this space.
Writing Women is a seed bank. Every story of radical feminism from our past and present is a seed that powers our imagination for the future. We seek to fill these pages with seeds of writings, oral tales, songs, poems and art that reveal resistance, sisterhood and decolonizing solidarity across borders of landscape and language from Palestine to Turtle Island, the Congo to Kashmir.
“There She Goes,” Reviewing The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed
A handbook is an assortment of guidelines or instructions on a specific topic. But a handbook on killing joy? Who exactly is a killjoy, and why do we need a
The Many Lives of Syeda X: Whose Story Is It Anyway?
The aromas of different spices and herbs engulfed all my senses the moment we stepped foot in the area. We were at the Khari Baoli market as a part of
Transnational Truth-Telling as Sanity
Two books, this week, have kept me sane. One is Michelle Good’s collection of seven essays about Indigenous life in Canada aptly titled ‘Truth Telling,’ and the other is Isabella
